When I was in high school, the owner of the building where my dad's office was
bought a brand new BJ8 in Golden Metallic Beige with a red interior. I thought
it was beautiful then and used to park my rusty Bugeye next to it because
obviously, we were both Healey guys. That color glowed in the sunshine. But
in original laquer, Golden Metallic Beige, like Healey Blue, tended to dull
fairly quickly. In fact, a number of GMB cars got repaints as a result. With
modern paint technology, the color won't fade and will stay vibrant. In my
opinion, you'd be crazy to paint an original GMB car any other color.
Rick
Jim Culp <jculpjr@yahoo.com> wrote: For those who have seen Golden Beige
Metallic in the metal, is it ugly?
The reason for my question is that I'm restoring my '67 BJ8 which originally
came from the factory in GBM, but the prior owner saw fit to paint the car
silver with black coves, so all I have to go by are the scattered remnants of
gold hidden in various parts of the car and it's very difficult to get an idea
of the color as a whole. I have seen pictures online, but I'm not sure if
those pictures are an accurate representation of the color in real life.
I was going to use the Lexus gold, but the wife doesn't like it. Then I was
settled on Jaguar "Winter Gold" but I've decided that there is too much green
in that particular color. According to a couple of Healey folks I've spoken
with, true GBM is dull and quite ugly. Is this really the case?
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